SHIRLEY COLLINS "SWEET ENGLAND" Rare UK Folk-1959 ARGO

	£		390
	$		517

SHIRLEY COLLINS

"SWEET ENGLAND"

A COLLECTION OF LOVE SONGS & BALLADS FROM SOUTHERN ENGLAND

ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN HASTED [BANJO],RALPH RINZLER [GUITAR] AND GUY CARAWAN [GUITAR]

PRODUCED BY ALAN LOMAX AND PETER KENNEDY

1959 U.K. ARGO CATALOGUE NUMBER: RG 150

SIDE 1:

SWEET ENGLAND - HARES ON THE MOUNTAIN - HORI HORO - THE BONNY IRISH BOY - THE TAILOR AND THE MOUSE - THE LADY AND THE SWINE - TURPIN HERO - THE CUCKOO - THE BONNY LABOURING BOY - THE CHERRY TREE CAROL

SIDE 2:

SWEET WILLIAM -OMIE WISE - BLACKBIRDS AND THRUSHES - A KEEPER WENT HUNTING - POLLY VAUGHAN - PRETTY SARO - BARBARA ALLEN - CHARLIE

Superb collection of traditional folk ballads by Shirley Collins.Record is in excellent condition with just a couple of very light surface marks and a beautiful shine to the vinyl.Appears to have had very little play and in fact apart from the occasional bit of low level dust crackle plays perfectly throughout with just the odd light dust click.Very quiet background.Labels both near mint with a couple of light play marks around the spindle hole.Overall grading is EX+.The cover which is laminated on both sides is showing a bit of wear.No splits but some light ring wear and  some creasing along the entry side of the cover.Minor bumping to the upper corners and a little lamination crinkling to the top right hand corner.Back of the flipback cover is very clean with a little damage to the top flipback on the left hand side.A small piece of the surface about 1" long has peeled and been glued back down.Not nearly as bad as it sounds!.Graded as VG+.Nice clean copy of this rare U.K. folk album.

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